Tag Archives: Racism
Non-discriminatory Responses to Alexandra Wallace
Let’s put it this way: I couldn’t get through a minute of UCLA student Alexandra Wallace’s racist, possibly exploitative rant about “Asians in the library.” I thought it was ignorant, insensitive, and tasteless. The poor girl, though, does not deserve … Continue reading
Filed under College, Everyday Life, Politics/Current Events, Race/Ethnicity
Even in the wake of mass tragedy, racism strikes again!
People never fail to disgust me. We’re five days into the devastating aftermath of the largest earthquake in Japanese history, an 8.9-magnitude quake that triggered a tsunami and set off a nuclear crisis in the country. At least 2,414 people were … Continue reading
Filed under Everyday Life, History, Politics/Current Events, Race/Ethnicity
How to Tell People They Said Something Racist
My wonderful boss, Neil Simpkins, sent this video to me and my fellow Writing Center tutors after a conversation we had about dealing with controversial issues in the tutoring session. Of course, this video can apply to any sticky situation … Continue reading
Filed under College, Everyday Life, Gender/Sexuality, Race/Ethnicity, Religion/Philosophy
“No racist intent?”
If anyone’s been paying attention to the news lately, the University of California system has recently been marred by a series of ugly racial incidents, which have involved a KKK-style hood on a statue of Dr. Seuss, a party that … Continue reading
Filed under College, Politics/Current Events, Race/Ethnicity
